Missed this the other day. Now we know, and can move on to other things.
[NYPost] Accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson
…more fully Tyler James Robinson, 23, the gay, radical left man romantically involved with a very unbalanced transgender furry who’d turned his back on the healthy Republican conservatism of his Mormon family, and set out to assassinate Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University for daring to argue for his beliefs on college campuses — and win against all comers. Mr. Robinson immediately told his Discord crowd what he’d done, then afterward his father persuaded him to turn himself in. Whether or not he is Black Bloc/Antifa, he looks like their ideal candidate…
has lost a bid to postpone his case until 2029, as a Utah judge set the capital murder trial for the summer of 2028.
Jury selection for the highly-anticipated case against Robinson — who’s accused of killing the 31-year-old conservative activist in front of a crowd of thousands — is set to begin on June 21, 2028, Judge Tony Graf decided on Monday.
Graf set aside 105 trial days — or roughly five months — for the case that will not only require a jury to decide Robinson’s guilt but also whether he should be sentenced to death, if found guilty.
Robinson’s team asked the judge to hold off the high-profile trial until the summer of 2029 on the grounds the lawyers needed the extra time to wade through an overwhelming amount of evidence.
But prosecutors said they could be ready for trial on Oct. 4, 2027, a date which Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, pushed for. However,
alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... the state’s attorneys said they preferred for the trial to begin in January 2028 to avoid needing to break for the holidays during the trial anticipated to last for 17 weeks.
Graf said he considered the Kirk family’s request for an earlier trial date against Robinson’s right to sufficient time to prepare for the lengthy and serious trial — essentially arriving at a date in between the ones proposed by both sides.
"Given Mr. Robinson’s current status, unnecessary delay remains a serious concern," the judge said, apparently referring to the fact that Robinson is in jail pending trial.
Kirk’s family wasn’t happy with Graf’s trial date.
"Today’s decision to delay the trial of the man accused of murdering our beloved Charlie until at least June 2028, is deeply disappointing," the slain activist’s family said in a statement.
"While nothing will restore the time we have lost with Charlie, every additional day without justice prolongs our family’s pain and forces us to wait even longer for accountability."
Meanwhile,
...back at the alley, Slats grabbed for his rosco... Erika’s lawyers had said "each hearing induces anxiety, pain and mourning," for the widow and the two young children she had with Charlie.
Kirk’s side also noted if the case dragged on for years, taxpayers would have to continue to foot the bill for Robinson’s pricey death penalty lawyers, who have already billed $1.6 million, Neiman said.
"Charlie’s death should not lead to the lawyers defending his assassin becoming millionaires," Neiman blasted.
Robinson, 23, is charged with first-degree murder and related charges for allegedly perching on a rooftop, firing a gun over a crowd of 4,000 people, including kids, as the Turning Point USA founder was speaking at Utah Valley University, according to prosecutors.
Robinson then allegedly bragged in a text message about the killing to his trans partner Lance Twiggs before he was arrested roughly a day later, prosecutors claimed.
He was motivated to take out Kirk for espousing beliefs supporting traditional relationships that were "repugnant" to Robinson’s LGBTQ+ lifestyle, prosecutor Ryan McBride said at a hearing last month.
Robinson’s lawyers have claimed the prosecution’s video and DNA evidence are unreliable and claimed any animosity Robinson had against Kirk was unrelated to his love life.
Robinson has pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." He could face death by a firing squad if he’s convicted at trial.
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[Regnum] An unidentified flying object (UFO) resembling a jellyfish with long tentacles was spotted near a US military base in Alaska. The Daily Mail reported this on November 10.
Sarah Jane Osborne spotted an unusual object on June 15 in Anchorage. She was photographing a rainbow when she saw a dark figure above the trees, which she believed was located near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
According to Osborne, the black and silver object hovered in the air, swaying from side to side, its long appendages moving independently. After about three minutes, it disappeared.
"He disappeared almost as quickly as he appeared," the woman noted.
Osborn and her husband tried to find an explanation for what they saw. They searched the nearby park and the surrounding area, but found neither the kite nor anyone who could have flown it. Osborn admitted that the object could have been a drone, but she couldn't explain its unusual shape and movements. There is no evidence linking the object to the military base or its extraterrestrial origin.
The Pentagon previously released video footage of an unidentified flying object in the Middle East, traveling at speeds approaching 800 km/h. The footage, recorded by the US military in 2024 using an infrared sensor, showed a white dot rapidly moving from left to right.
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[Regnum] Homemade fast food can be a healthier alternative to your usual on-the-go snacks. For example, instead of store-bought pies and other baked goods, you can make pancakes
…ie. Russian pancakes, which we call blini, similar to a French crepe…
with meat and vegetables, wrap them in paper, and take them with you. Nutritionist Yulia Sharapova told Regnum News Agency this on Wednesday, November 11.
"Fast food shouldn't be demonized, because if the overall diet is varied, occasional consumption won't cause harm. But we must consider the composition of what we eat. For example, a burger with a white bun, patty, double cheese, and mayonnaise sauce is high in calories. Moreover, the bun may also be sprinkled with sugar and fried to create a crust. Such fatty and salty foods clog blood vessels," Sharapova explained.
You can reduce the calorie content of a burger by choosing a whole-grain bun, replacing the mayonnaise sauce with yogurt, and replacing the fatty patty with a leaner one, such as chicken or turkey. The nutritionist recommended a similar approach when choosing shawarma: it contains lavash, meat, and vegetables, but a large amount of fatty sauce can make the dish significantly less healthy.
"You can make the same shawarma at home. Instead of a rich, multi-ingredient sauce, it's better to use a yogurt-and-mustard sauce. And if you buy shawarma, you can ask for it to be served on a plate, with the sauce on the side," the agency's source noted.
Sharapova urged caution when eating deep-fried foods. Frying in large amounts of oil increases the calorie content of the food, and reusing the same oil at high temperatures can lead to the formation of harmful substances.
"Vegetable oil shouldn't be heated to high temperatures for long periods of time. If it's used repeatedly, it overheats, and this can be dangerous for the body. Foods fried in darkened, almost black, oil should be especially avoided," the nutritionist warned.
She named homemade food, including in an air fryer, which eliminates the need for a lot of oil, as a better alternative to French fries and nuggets. And instead of store-bought desserts and pies, the specialist suggested making your own snacks.
"It's easier to fry pancakes at home. You can choose an interesting flour, add a piece of meat and vegetables, and wrap it all in paper to take with you. It won't be a chaotic meal, but a meaningful one. We usually eat fast food because we're in a rush and it's easier to grab something. But if you plan your meals in advance and cook at home, it's the most ideal thing ever," Sharapova concluded.
Nutritionist Anton Polyakov previously told Regnum News Agency that one of the best snack options is a sandwich made from whole-grain bread and natural meat. Instead of sausage, the doctor recommends using boiled beef or beef tongue, which are equally tasty but much healthier.
[Wunderground] link goes to the 10 day forecast for Donner Summit, California which is where I-80 passes through the Sierra Mountains.
Lots of snow from 13 to 20 November but spread out enough for Caltrans to keep the pass open almost the whole time.
Also, as streams and rivers are at seasonal lows, not much chance of extensive flooding.
Almost 100% good news as the ski resorts, which are at slightly higher altitude, will get fresh snow before the season opening of the lifts but few transportation problems.
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[FoxNews] Four Salvadoran personnel remain missing after an October gang ambush near Port-au-Prince
El Salvador's president on Tuesday said the country's military helped deliver a devastating air assault against the headquarters of one of Haiti's most powerful criminal gangs, which has been linked to mass kidnappings, weapons trafficking and extortion.
Airstrikes targeted strongholds belonging to 400 Mawozo and the home of its leader, Lanmò San Jou, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said.
The attack took place Sunday near Port-au-Prince and was carried out by a Haitian police task force backed by Salvadoran troops, The Miami Herald reported.
The operation appears to be part of an ongoing military effort in response to the disappearance of four Salvadoran members of a U.N.-backed security mission abducted in a gang ambush near Port-au-Prince Oct. 18.
"We kept our promise," Bukele said in a post on X.
Videos showed several helicopters launching airstrikes against multiple compounds inside sprawling complexes. Dozens of people were also seen fleeing the properties on foot and motorbikes after the strikes.
"Most of them ran away without even trying to fight. What cowards!" Bukele said.
As many as 20 people are believed to have been killed in the operation, according to The Miami Herald, citing anonymous sources.
Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé on Tuesday thanked Bukele for his commitment to tackling the country's long-running gang crisis and restoring state control, while praising the efforts of the U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF), the Haitian National Police, the Haitian Armed Forces and their international partners.
"I salute the commitment of the Salvadoran forces in the fight against gangs," he said.
"Hats off to President Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele for your support and commitment to the national fight against gangs. Haiti, El Salvador, GSF: same fight, same determination! The collaboration will continue. THE GANGS WILL GET NO SLEEP!"
After an Oct. 18 ambush, authorities recovered a burned armored vehicle with no trace of the four missing Salvadoran personnel, prompting El Salvador to deploy thousands of additional troops to assist in the search.
While Salvadoran officials believe the men were abducted and survived, one gang leader claimed they were dead.
The disappearance has become a national priority for Bukele, who has warned Haitian gang leaders that El Salvador is prepared to use overwhelming force if the men are not returned alive.
[NotTheBee] There is one power in America before which all others must bow.
Only one that can command the fate of nations.
The obese black woman.
Taylor Frazier McCollum is a single mom who fought hard over the past two years to keep a data center from being built in her community, based on the popular misconception that modern data centers will use a bunch of water.
While communities may have very valid reasons for not wanting Big Tech to set up Skynet next door (and Americans overwhelmingly voted against data centers at the ballot box), McCollum's case highlights the absurdity in the mix as well.
Built in the 1970s, the Landover Mall in Landover, Maryland, closed its doors in 2002. It has been a decaying lot for a quarter of a century - a reminder of America's slow, then sudden, cultural decline.
NPR celebrates McCollum (because of course), but it also gave away the plot:
In 2024, the developer that built the mall won approval from county planners for a $5 billion data center campus, and word began spreading through the largely Black community nearby.
"I was like, 'Oh, hell no,'" said Taylor Frazier McCollum, describing the moment she learned about the project. She lived less than a mile away from it. "Why would you want to bring water-polluting, diesel-generating data centers right down the street from where people live, work, play? It just didn't make sense to me."
Frazier McCollum is one of a number of Americans whose political awakening was triggered by data center development.
See, this begs the question: Why did so many Americans have a "political awakening" this year around data center development?
Well, you might not be surprised to learn that McCollum was a useful idiot for the folks over at the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a literal communist group connected to China-based tech mogul Neville Roy Singham, who has been accused of spending $278 million to fund anti-American nonprofits as part of an "extensive Chinese propaganda network."
Antifa/Black Bloc/Communists, Sunni or Shiite jihadis, a single crazy person, a malicious prank — so many possibilities! Filed on Page 3: Non-WoT until more information is received.
[AnNahar] Italian authorities evacuated some 300 schools across Italia on Wednesday after receiving an emailed bomb threat, the latest disruptions affecting European institutions following hoax bomb threats against airlines and broadcasters in recent weeks.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said in a statement that there was no indication of any "concrete danger" to Italian schools and said the threats appeared aimed at "generating alarm and concern."
She said investigations were underway, and that she had convened a meeting of ministers for later in the day.
The anonymous email also contained a threat against Meloni, according to copies obtained by Italian media including the news agency LaPresse. She did not address the personal threat in her statement, and Meloni's office had no immediate comment.
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani revealed Saturday that his personal data had been leaked to the dark web, an encrypted part of the internet. Meloni blamed pro-Russian hackers.
Minister of Education Giuseppe Valditara said 300 schools had received email threats, the news agency LaPresse reported. The ministry did not immediately return a request for confirmation.
At Rome's Mamiani high school, students poured into the streets thinking the alarm was the recess bell and only learned there was a bomb threat after they were outside.
"They are saying it was a bomb alert because an email arrived from Russian hackers in which they said they would have killed everyone. It was pretty violent mostly peaceful," said 18-year-old student Anita Bartocci.
[Rudaw] The head of Iraq’s National Security Service (INSS) stated on Wednesday that the recent strike on the Khor Mor gas field differs from previous attacks on the Kurdistan Region, suggesting the incident is linked to internal political disputes rather than regional conflict, based on confidential data.
"The day before yesterday is a completely different matter. Right now there is a crisis, as everyone knows—an internal crisis within the Kurdistan Region between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)," Basim al-Badri told news hounds during a presser at Chatham House in London.
Badri's remarks follow a late Sunday strike that halted gas production at the Khor Mor field west of Sulaimani after an unknown projectile hit the facility’s warehouse and truck loading unit, which stores nearly 1,500 tons of cooking gas across 170 tankers.
A security source told Rudaw’s Peshawa Bakhtyar that the attack was launched from the disputed town of Tuz Khurmatu south of Kirkuk and had caused a "massive fire."
Badri dismissed media reports that drones were launched from Tuz Khurmatu, stating that officials must rely on verified intelligence rather than media accounts. He went on to suggest that "perhaps a Kurdish party carried out these attacks," or an external actor.
"The Iraqi government has indicators and data, especially regarding this latest attack. I personally possess information regarding the nature and type of the targeting, as well as the trajectory of the attack, but it is not appropriate for me to declare," Badri said.
United Arab Emirates-based operator Dana Gas, a key operator at the field, confirmed the blaze was extinguished without casualties, though production was suspended and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Electricity Ministry reported a 2,800-megawatt drop in power generation capacity.
Addressing the broader security landscape and previous strikes on the Kurdistan Region, Badri noted that Iraq faces evolving security challenges despite its prior counterterrorism operations against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS).
"Frankly, one of the most significant challenges facing us is these complex threats," Badri stated, noting that the "level of the threat has differed and changed. Now, the scale of the challenge and the threats are complex, involving drone attacks, the launching of long-range missiles, and cross-border attacks."
"Regarding Kurdistan, it received part of the repercussions of this regional war, and perhaps the presence of interests," he added.
The Kurdistan Region has been hit with more than 1,000 drones and missiles since the outbreak of a 42-day war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... in late February.
Iran and its affiliated gangs in Iraq grabbed credit for the strikes, prompting Kurdish officials to request security guarantees from Baghdad.
Telegram channels affiliated with Iraqi pro-Iran gangs—which have previously been accused of striking Khor Mor—claimed Sunday's attack was carried out using a "suicide drone."
The strike ended a nearly four-month lull in attacks on the facility, which provides the majority of the Kurdistan Region's electricity and household cooking gas.
A KRG official told Rudaw in late July that the field had been hit 12 times, resulting in the deaths of three personnel, while Dana Gas only began gradually restoring production after August, following repeated precautionary suspensions during the regional conflict.
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[Rudaw] US Special Envoy for Syria and Iraq Tom Barrack urged Kurdish leaders on Wednesday to bridge their political differences, move past what he called "tribal dismays," and strengthen coordination with Baghdad, saying unity was essential to Iraq’s stability and prosperity, as well as US and regional interests.
Speaking at a Chatham House event in London on Wednesday, Barrack made the remarks when asked what safeguards Washington could support to ensure Baghdad’s centralized government does not undermine the Kurdistan Region’s constitutionally recognized federal region status and Kurdish representation.
Barrack underscored the US' stance of nonintervention while affirming that the Kurdistan Region and the two main Kurdish political families have long-standing ties with Washington, stating "The Barzanis and the Talabanis have always been great friends of America."
"This is an Iraqi issue; This is an Iraqi decision; This is not an American decision," said Barrack, while adding that "our role is to not confuse the direction of Iraq being Iraq."
"My advice, the [US] president's advice, is get over it."
"I cannot go back to Congress and explain the complexity of the Iraqi constitution and the federalist delineation of the Kurdistan Region and how it dovetails with Baghdad, and then say besides that, we have a series of disputes of families within the Kurdistan Region that are subjecting our American companies and our international companies, who are the source of revenues to the entire region ... to be subjugated to what's happening now."
The two ruling parties of the Kurdistan Region, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), have long been embroiled in an ongoing battle over federal ministerial posts with competing federal alliances, reflected in a lack of a unified position toward Baghdad as the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) remains in caretaker status more than two years after inconclusive parliamentary elections in 2024.
The Region last week saw mounting friction between the two family-led parties following the KDP's initiative to resume the Kurdistan Parliament last week, ending two years of legislative paralysis.
The parliament reconvened through a KDP-led initiative supported by minority representatives, smaller political groups and politicians who broke ranks with their parties, including three PUK members. A total of 52 politicians attended the session, narrowly surpassing the 51-member quorum required in the 100-seat legislature.
The move prompted an immediate backlash from PUK leader Bafel Talabani, who called the move "illegal" and announced on Thursday his party’s withdrawal from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) cabinet and boycott of subsequent meetings in protest against parliament's reactivation without its participation.
The withdrawal of the PUK from the government has resurfaced fears of backsliding into a 'Two-Administrations' power-sharing arrangement between the two ruling parties. Between 1998 and 2006, the PUK administered Sulaimani and the KDP exercised jurisdiction over Erbil and Duhok, with both operating their own government and parliament while receiving a separate budget share from Baghdad.
Following a meeting with PUK political bureau member Darbaz Kosrat Rasool and KRG natural resources deputy minister Ahmed Mufti, Barrack said Wednesday on X that Washington supports "a strong, united Kurdistan Region."
"We need unity from the region, we need unity... with the KRG and Baghdad," Barrack emphasized in his speech, adding that "We need to get over these tribal dismays."
"My sound professional, intellectual, advice is 'get over it.'"
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[NotTheBee] There is one power in America before which all others must bow.
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
